Sri Lanka vs England, 1st ODI at Dambulla, Oct 01 2007, England tour of Sri Lanka

RESULT
1st ODI (D/N), Dambulla, October 01, 2007, England tour of Sri Lanka
(34.5/50 ov, T:270) 150

Sri Lanka won by 119 runs

Player Of The Match
22 (12) & 4/31
farveez-maharoof
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Scorecard summary
Sri Lanka 269/7(50 overs)
England 150/10(34.5 overs)

Well, that was emphatic. Maharoof was the stand-out bowler today with 4 for 31 as Sri Lanka absolutely thumped England. Collingwood spoke before the game of England forgetting their routing last time they met at this ground - routed for 88, beaten by ten wickets - but here they've been beaten by another sizeable margin, this time 119 runs. Sri Lanka's plan went...to plan: Vaas was hardly used - he bowled five overs. Earlier, their batsmen negotiated a slow pitch well and were in control from the off. A sorry England now have much to do to pick themselves up and dust themselves down by Thursday. Do join us again then. In the meantime, thanks for following today, from me (Jenny), Martin and the Andrews.

34.5
W
Jayasuriya to Anderson, OUT

turned away from the left hander, slightly wide down off, and a thinnish edge flies through, Mahela making no mistake

James Anderson c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 0
34.4
1
Jayasuriya to Bopara, 1 run

turned round off the front foot

34.3
Jayasuriya to Bopara, no run

swishes away from the body

34.2
Jayasuriya to Bopara, no run

defended on the front foot

34.1
Jayasuriya to Bopara, no run

skews down the leg side, chased round with some kind of sweep

end of over 342 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 149/9CRR: 4.38 RRR: 7.56
Ravi Bopara26 (32b 2x4)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 4-0-20-2
Sanath Jayasuriya 2-0-11-0

The umpire could have, perhaps, referred that just to make sure... but he did it get it right in this instance

33.6
W
Dilshan to Sidebottom, OUT

Sangakkara is very confident immediately that he has whipped off the bails very quickly - Sidebootom's toe was in the air for only a shade of a second

Ryan Sidebottom st †Sangakkara b Dilshan 2 (6b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 33.33
33.5
Dilshan to Sidebottom, no run

poked away from the body, and misses

33.4
1
Dilshan to Bopara, 1 run

a bit of air, driven out to the covers

33.3
Dilshan to Bopara, no run

chases round a sweep, too late

33.2
Dilshan to Bopara, no run

outside off, worked into short midwicket

33.1
1
Dilshan to Sidebottom, 1 run

driven out to the covers

end of over 332 runs
ENG: 147/8CRR: 4.45 RRR: 7.23
Ryan Sidebottom1 (3b)
Ravi Bopara25 (29b 2x4)
Sanath Jayasuriya 2-0-11-0
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3-0-18-1
32.6
1
Jayasuriya to Sidebottom, 1 run

outside off, worked into the covers and there's some sharp work from Maharoof

32.5
Jayasuriya to Sidebottom, no run

creeping down leg, and skewed round to fine leg

32.4
Jayasuriya to Sidebottom, no run

defended on the front foot

32.3
1
Jayasuriya to Bopara, 1 run

driven more firmly this time, straight past the bowler

32.2
Jayasuriya to Bopara, no run

played again off the back foot, patted down

32.1
Jayasuriya to Bopara, no run

driven off the hips, without much room, to short mid-on

end of over 324 runs • 2 wickets
ENG: 145/8CRR: 4.53 RRR: 6.94
Ravi Bopara24 (26b 2x4)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3-0-18-1
Sanath Jayasuriya 1-0-9-0

Sri Lanka surging to victory now

31.6
1W
Dilshan to Broad, 1 run, OUT

starts with a sweep and hesitated in coming back for the second, Malinga with a good return to Sangakkara who takes off the bails with ease

Stuart Broad run out (†Sangakkara/Malinga) 1 (1b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 100

Those two probably represented England's last glimmer of hope. Broad can bat, of course, but on this pitch and in this situation the money's with Sri Lanka

31.5
W
Dilshan to Swann, OUT

reverse sweep straight to Malinga at backward point - he got hold of it all right, but it flew towards the fielder

Graeme Swann c Malinga b Dilshan 24 (21b 3x4 0x6 27m) SR: 114.28
31.4
1
Dilshan to Bopara, 1 run

on leg, turned round the corner

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
DPMD Jayawardene
66 runs (74)
4 fours0 six
Productive shot
leg glance
12 runs
0 four0 six
Control
92%
AN Cook
46 runs (80)
3 fours0 six
Productive shot
on side drive on front foot
15 runs
1 four0 six
Control
85%
Best performances - bowlers
MF Maharoof
O
10
M
2
R
31
W
4
ECO
3.1
PD Collingwood
O
10
M
0
R
44
W
2
ECO
4.4
Match details
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
TossSri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series
Season2007/08
Player Of The Match
Series resultSri Lanka led the 5-match series 1-0
Match numberODI no. 2622
Hours of play (local time)14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Match days1 October 2007 - daynight (50-over match)
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